The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-11-11

said. wiping her eyes. Then in an In
slant: He told l suld 60 longer wild
EN-; but l kenenty yus now. Mar
seesters day all hare. and mar yoonges
seester. see he,enty been long away
fom Swadcn. Ikcnenty lcev hare right
away"
"But." said Mrs Loring. "he isn't
angry He will come back?"
''Oh yaas; fen EN- fader veil, he com.
"Yaas" with pretty conscious pride
in her eye, and a little straightening),
.'he com back. but mebbe it be longer
time. EN- fadcr pretty mush seek.
and EN- modcr ces ole. Ikenenty tai. "
And she cried again. But it had done
her good to unburden her heart, and
Nrs. Loring was kind comforter, and
reminded her how quickly time flew,
and how nice his letters would be, and
the interview ended.
Nearly year passed. Twice every
month (Which WIS., often for man to
whom letter was doubtless a serious
undertaking. a letter came to Tilda
from Sweden. addressed TO Mr.. Lor-
ing care, and Tilda herself had long
ago rega;ned her cheerfulness. In the
meantime she had grown quite intimate
with the cook next door, and went
with her 10 church Sunday evenings
One evening. as they chatted minute
in the area, Mrs. Lor.ng noticed a
mans voice, and wondering if Nicholas
had returned. looked out as he walked
away Git was bright moonlighD; but
it was much smaller man. She heard
the same voice once or twice again,
but gave the matter no thought, suppOs-
ing, SO far as it had place. in her mind at
girls friend. But one evening he came
in, and she could hear his voice as he
went around to the back door. 1t was
peculiarly rasping and HASH, and as the
house happened to be otherwise unusu-
ally quiet, she could distinctly hear it
in the distance from the kitchen for an
hour before he finally took his leave.
She had by this time grown quite at
tached to Tilda, and she instinctively
feared trouble. 'rll wait and see,"
she said. She was accordingly some
what on the alert, and at the end of
two weeks was sure that he had spent
three evenings with Tilda So she de-
termined on an interview. As before.
she waited until Tilda was at leisure
and alone. and then went to her, armed
for war, but wary.
..You have had several visits from a
new friend lately, Tilda," she said.
with a pleasant smile; sis he rela-
tion?"
Tilda looked conscious, and crimped
her apron hem uncomfortably. 1t
was moment before she spoke: '.Das
been yoong man com sometime hare;
but dey's good man: dey's all time to
de shursh.''
As the Swedish church was nOtori-
ously the one common place of meet
ing of all the young working people of
that nation in the city, Mrs. Loring
had her doubts as TO the singleness of
motive which influenced the young
mans devotion to the sanctuary; but
she kept this question of casuistry to
herself, and also withheld any COM
mcnt upon Tilda's ignoring of her
question as to relationship. and aimed
directly at the point of what she came
to say.
Il have no fault to find with the
young man. Tilda; but was thinking
of that nice lover of yours in Sweden.
You mustn't forget him."
"Tilda laughed. "Oh. das all right.
Meesis Lo'ing." she said; young gels
must hev sometime lettlc foon. He'll
trus' me'-with . little head toss.
'Das all right"
Mrs. Loring looked and felt doubt
full, but she remembered the many
girls i'm her own circle who also had
81 lettle foon." and feeling, like the
Vicar of Wakefield, .'tired of being
always WISE" threw out some word of
general caution, and retired from the
field
Again the weeks ran on, bringing
such sequel as we may have guessed.
Mr.. Nelson, as Tilda's new friend was
named, could not have been u very
amusing person, for it took more and
more frequent visits. until finally he
came nightly. to afford her the ''leetle
foon" which she claimed as her right.
Mrs. Loring expostulated until Tilda
became sullen. and then, making up
her mind that the matter was out of
her province. dropped it. shortly after
which Tilda 'gave warming"
"You are going to be married, Tildap"
Mrs Loring said.
Tilda's face hardened, and she stood
silent.
Mrs. Loring continues: 81 have no
right to your confidence. Tilda. if you
do not choose to give it; but you have
been with me good while, and 1 am
attached to you. and l am so anxious
that you should do what is right the
last words with a manner so winning
that it broke Tilda down.
Il kencty halp EN-. Meesis Lo'ing."
she sobbed. ''Neeklus hev been gone
longer time. an deys fader donotty
getting veil an donotty die. an l
kenenty always wyatt for man wut kere
more for dcys fader an moder N dey
kere for me-"
Mrs. Loring was silent, and seeing
absolutely no soil in which to SOW her
store of good seed. remained so. re-
flecting. as she retreated. upon the
difficulty of grating one persons